Erik Seidel moved all in for 375,000 on the button and Aleem Kanji called in the big blind.
Erik Seidel:
Aleem Kanji:
Seidel was in a dominating position as the dealer spread the flop. The turn left Seidel just needing to fade a ten, and the completed the board to secure his double.
Ben Heath opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Alexandre Vuilleumier min-click three-bet to 120,000 from the big blind. Heath called.
The flop landed and Vuilleumier continued for 75,000 Heath called. The turn brought the and Vuilleumier sized up to 220,000. Heath used through a time extension before moving all in for around 550,000. Vuilleumier snap-called with a bigger stack.
Ben Heath:
Alexandre Vuilleumier:
Heath had flopped a set but Vuilleumier had plenty of hope with a flush draw.
"I wanted to make it 4x preflop," Vuilleumier said after seeing he let his opponent get there.
Nonetheless, the arrived on the river to make Vuilleumier his flush to eliminate Heath in 15th place for £34,250.
Jamie Flynn shoved from middle position in one of the first hands of the day and took down the blinds and antes.
A short while later, Ben Heath opened to 60,000 from the button and got a call from Nils Pudel in the small blind. Table chip leader Ian Hamilton then three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind and got two folds.
Nicolas Vayssieres opened to 65,000 under the gun, Roman Hrabec flatted the small blind, and Marton Czuczor raised to 665,000 in the big blind with only 5,000 behind. Vayssieres used a time bank and folded, while Hrabec moved all in. Czuczor called for his last chip.
Marton Czuczor:
Roman Hrabec:
The flop gave Hrabec a set, although Czuczor was still alive and in need of a heart. The turn changed nothing, however, and the river confirmed the result to eliminate Czuczor.
The two-time EPT runner-up won't get another shot at victory this time as he made his exit in 16th place for £29,800.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour London continues with Day 5 of the £5,300 EPT Main Event, and action will resume shortly from Hilton Park Lane at noon local time.
There are only two tables remaining as 16 players return to the felt on the penultimate day out of the 749 total entries which created a prize pool of £3,632,650.
All remaining players have locked up £29,800, but all are hoping to continue their run to claim the title of EPT London Main Event champion and win the £664,400 first-place prize.
Day 5 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
David Docherty
United Kingdom
3,560,000
119
2
Ian Hamilton
United Kingdom
2,450,000
82
3
Jack Sinclair
United Kingdom
2,230,000
74
4
Roman Hrabec
Czech Republic
2,125,000
71
5
Harry Lodge
United Kingdom
2,045,000
68
6
Nils Pudel
Germany
1,985,000
66
7
Alexandre Vuilleumier
Switzerland
1,710,000
57
8
Nicolas Vayssieres
France
1,085,000
36
9
Ben Heath
United Kingdom
990,000
33
10
Aleem Kanji
United Kingdom
965,000
32
11
Danut Chisu
Romania
945,000
32
12
Marton Czuczor
Hungary
700,000
23
13
Benjamin Pollak
France
665,000
22
14
Erik Seidel
United States
450,000
15
15
Jamie Flynn
Ireland
365,000
12
16
Sergio Coutinho
Portugal
350,000
12
Scottish player David Docherty leads the field by a fairly large margin and holds 3,560,000 chips, good for 119 big blinds when play resumes. Another couple of Brits round out the top three with Ian Hamilton (2,450,000) and Jack Sinclair (2,230,000) the next closest players on the leaderboard.
Online crusher and recent £2,200 UKIPT High Roller runner-up Roman Hrabec (2,125,000), Harry Lodge (2,045,000), Nils Pudel (1,985,000), Alexandre Vuilleumier (1,710,000), and Nicolas Vayssieres (1,085,000) are the other players returning with seven-figure stacks.
Those on the bottom half of the leaderboard still in contention to win the premier European tournament include English high roller Ben Heath (990,000), Aleem Kanji (965,000), Danut Chisu (945,000), two-time EPT Main Event runner-up Marton Czuczor (700,000), Benjamin Pollak (665,000), poker legend Erik Seidel (450,000), Jamie Flynn (365,000), and Sergio Coutinho (350,000).
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout (GBP)
1
£664,400
2
£414,650
3
£296,150
4
£227,800
5
£175,250
6
£134,800
7
£103,700
8
£79,750
9
£61,350
10-11
£49,350
12-13
£41,100
14-15
£34,250
16
£29,800
Play will resume on Level 24 with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante, and 90-minute levels are scheduled to be played today with 20-minute breaks in between each level until only six players remain.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to bring updates from EPT London until a champion is crowned.